Taboo (1922 play)
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Taboo is a play first performed in 1922, written by Mary Hoyt Wiborg .
It is set on a plantation in Louisiana before the American Civil War and in Africa. It opened on April 4, 1922, in the Sam Harris Theater , Harlem . It starred Margaret Wycherly , the only white member of the cast, Paul Robeson , other African American actors, and African students at Columbia University . An African dance was performed by Columbus Kamba Simango , a Mozambican student at Columbia. This was one of Robeson's first stage opportunities and his performance was praised by critics. [1]
References
- ↑ Sheila Tully Boyle and Andrew Bunie, Paul Robeson: the years of promise and achievement, pp103-104
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